Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this was the one Miss Minogue and her handlers gambled upon to turn her into a major star . |
| 2 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |
| 3 | Cornered , he resorted to patting her on the shoulder , while across his face flitted the craven smile of a man dealing with an unpredictable pet that yet might turn on him . |
| 4 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |
| 5 | I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take . |
| 6 | In her early scenes , Ms Robertson 's vocalising is so strident that at times I felt like strapping her to a chair and stuffing a wad of cotton in her mouth . |
| 7 | After Hassan 's departure they had escorted an abnormally subdued and submissive Dora to her room , where Iris insisted on putting her through a series of noisy deep-breathing exercises , ‘ to calm her down ’ , and then prepared a cup of herbal tea , ‘ to make her sleep ’ . |
| 8 | And yet , when they were together , he insisted on treating her with a cool , bland charm which left her feeling baffled and frustrated . |
| 9 | But they insisted on treating her like a child — or , what was worse , like an adolescent . |
| 10 | She finished breathlessly , and Greg refrained from enlightening her on the history of New Zealand . |
| 11 | So far she had gained the distinct impression that being angry and obnoxious with her suited him just fine — he positively revelled in deriding her at every opportunity . |
| 12 | In one yesterday , an article by Islington Council leader Margaret Hodge ended by describing her as the leader of the Association of Local Authorities since 1093 . |